I was informed that Gabriel came to the Prophet while Um Salama was
with him. Gabriel started talking (to the Prophet). Then the Prophet
asked Um Salama, "Who is this?" She replied, "He is Dihya (al-Kalbi)."
When Gabriel had left, Um Salama said, "By Allah, I did not take him
for anybody other than him (i.e. Dihya) till I heard the sermon of the
Prophet wherein he informed about the news of Gabriel." The
subnarrator asked Abu 'Uthman: From whom have you heard that? Abu
'Uthman said: From Usama bin Zaid.

The Prophet said, "Every Prophet was given miracles because of which
people believed, but what I have been given, is Divine Inspiration
which Allah has revealed to me. So I hope that my followers will
outnumber the followers of the other Prophets on the Day of
Resurrection."

Allah sent down His Divine Inspiration to His Apostle continuously and
abundantly during the period preceding his death till He took him unto
Him. That was the period of the greatest part of revelation; and
Allah's Apostle died after that.

Once the Prophet fell ill and did not offer the night prayer (Tahajjud
prayer) for a night or two. A woman (the wife of Abu Lahab) came to
him and said, "O Muhammad ! I do not see but that your Satan has left
you." Then Allah revealed (Surat-Ad-Duha):

'By the fore-noon, and by the night when it darkens (or is still);
Your Lord has not forsaken you, nor hated you.' (93)

(The Caliph 'Uthman ordered Zaid bin Thabit, Said bin Al-As, 'Abdullah
bin Az-Zubair and 'Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Harith bin Hisham to write the
Quran in the form of a book (Mushafs) and said to them. "In case you
disagree with Zaid bin Thabit (Al-Ansari) regarding any dialectic
Arabic utterance of the Quran, then write it in the dialect of
Quraish, for the Quran was revealed in this dialect." So they did it.

Ya'la used to say, "I wish I could see Allah's Apostle at the time he
is being inspired Divinely." When the Prophet was at Al-Ja'rana and
was shaded by a garment hanging over him and some of his companions
were with him, a man perfumed with scent came and said, "O Allah's
Apostle! What is your opinion regarding a man who assumes Ihram and
puts on a cloak after perfuming his body with scent?" The Prophet
waited for a while, and then the Divine Inspiration descended upon
him. 'Umar pointed out to Ya'la, telling him to come. Ya'la came and
pushed his head (underneath the screen which was covering the Prophet
) and behold! The Prophet's face was red and he kept on breathing
heavily for a while and then he was relieved. Thereupon he said,
"Where is the questioner who asked me about 'Umra a while ago?" The
man was sought and then was brought before the Prophet who said (to
him), "As regards the scent which you perfumed your body with, you
must wash it off thrice, and as for your cloak, you must take it off;
and then perform in your 'Umra all those things which you perform in
Hajj."

Abu Bakr As-Siddiq sent for me when the people! of Yamama had been
killed (i.e., a number of the Prophet's Companions who fought against
Musailama). (I went to him) and found 'Umar bin Al-Khattab sitting
with him. Abu Bakr then said (to me), "Umar has come to me and said:
"Casualties were heavy among the Qurra' of the! Qur'an (i.e. those who
knew the Quran by heart) on the day of the Battle of Yalmama, and I am
afraid that more heavy casualties may take place among the Qurra' on
other battlefields, whereby a large part of the Qur'an may be lost.
Therefore I suggest, you (Abu Bakr) order that the Qur'an be
collected." I said to 'Umar, "How can you do something which Allah's
Apostle did not do?" 'Umar said, "By Allah, that is a good project.
"Umar kept on urging me to accept his proposal till Allah opened my
chest for it and I began to realize the good in the idea which 'Umar
had realized." Then Abu Bakr said (to me). 'You are a wise young man
and we do not have any suspicion about you, and you used to write the
Divine Inspiration for Allah's Apostle. So you should search for (the
fragmentary scripts of) the Qur'an and collect it in one book)." By
Allah If they had ordered me to shift one of the mountains, it would
not have been heavier for me than this ordering me to collect the
Qur'an. Then I said to Abu Bakr, "How will you do something which
Allah's Apostle did not do?" Abu Bakr replied, "By Allah, it is a good
project." Abu Bakr kept on urging me to accept his idea until Allah
opened my chest for what He had opened the chests of Abu Bakr and
'Umar. So I started looking for the Qur'an and collecting it from
(what was written on) palmed stalks, thin white stones and also from
the men who knew it by heart, till I found the last Verse of Surat
At-Tauba (Repentance) with Abi Khuzaima Al-Ansari, and I did not find
it with anybody other than him. The Verse is:

'Verily there has come unto you an Apostle (Muhammad) from amongst
yourselves. It grieves him that you should receive any injury or
difficulty..(till the end of Surat-Baraa' (At-Tauba) (9.128-129) Then
the complete manuscripts (copy) of the Qur'an remained with Abu Bakr
till he died, then with 'Umar till the end of his life, and then with
Hafsa, the daughter of 'Umar.

Hudhaifa bin Al-Yaman came to Uthman at the time when the people of
Sham and the people of Iraq were Waging war to conquer Arminya and
Adharbijan. Hudhaifa was afraid of their (the people of Sham and Iraq)
differences in the recitation of the Qur'an, so he said to 'Uthman, "O
chief of the Believers! Save this nation before they differ about the
Book (Quran) as Jews and the Christians did before." So 'Uthman sent a
message to Hafsa saying, "Send us the manuscripts of the Qur'an so
that we may compile the Qur'anic materials in perfect copies and
return the manuscripts to you." Hafsa sent it to 'Uthman. 'Uthman then
ordered Zaid bin Thabit, 'Abdullah bin AzZubair, Said bin Al-As and
'AbdurRahman bin Harith bin Hisham to rewrite the manuscripts in
perfect copies. 'Uthman said to the three Quraishi men, "In case you
disagree with Zaid bin Thabit on any point in the Qur'an, then write
it in the dialect of Quraish, the Qur'an was revealed in their
tongue." They did so, and when they had written many copies, 'Uthman
returned the original manuscripts to Hafsa. 'Uthman sent to every
Muslim province one copy of what they had copied, and ordered that all
the other Qur'anic materials, whether written in fragmentary
manuscripts or whole copies, be burnt. Said bin Thabit added, "A Verse
from Surat Ahzab was missed by me when we copied the Qur'an and I used
to hear Allah's Apostle reciting it. So we searched for it and found
it with Khuzaima bin Thabit Al-Ansari. (That Verse was): 'Among the
Believers are men who have been true in their covenant with Allah.'
(33.23)

Abu Bakr sent for me and said, "You used to write the Divine
Revelations for Allah's Apostle : So you should search for (the Qur'an
and collect) it." I started searching for the Qur'an till I found the
last two Verses of Surat At-Tauba with Abi Khuzaima Al-Ansari and I
could not find these Verses with anybody other than him. (They were):

'Verily there has come unto you an Apostle (Muhammad) from amongst
yourselves. It grieves him that you should receive any injury or
difficulty ...' (9.128-129)

There was revealed: 'Not equal are those believers who sit (at home)
and those who strive and fight in the Cause of Allah.' (4.95)

The Prophet said, "Call Zaid for me and let him bring the board, the
inkpot and the scapula bone (or the scapula bone and the ink pot)."'
Then he said, "Write: 'Not equal are those Believers who sit..", and
at that time 'Amr bin Um Maktum, the blind man was sitting behind the
Prophet . He said, "O Allah's Apostle! What is your order For me (as
regards the above Verse) as I am a blind man?" So, instead of the
above Verse, the following Verse was revealed:

'Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) except those who are
disabled (by injury or are blind or lame etc.) and those who strive
and fight in the cause of Allah.' (4.95)

Allah's Apostle said, "Gabriel recited the Qur'an to me in one way.
Then I requested him (to read it in another way), and continued asking
him to recite it in other ways, and he recited it in several ways till
he ultimately recited it in seven different ways."

I heard Hisham bin Hakim reciting Surat Al-Furqan during the lifetime
of Allah's Apostle and I listened to his recitation and noticed that
he recited in several different ways which Allah's Apostle had not
taught me. I was about to jump over him during his prayer, but I
controlled my temper, and when he had completed his prayer, I put his
upper garment around his neck and seized him by it and said, "Who
taught you this Sura which I heard you reciting?" He replied, "Allah's
Apostle taught it to me." I said, "You have told a lie, for Allah's
Apostle has taught it to me in a different way from yours." So I
dragged him to Allah's Apostle and said (to Allah's Apostle),

"I heard this person reciting Surat Al-Furqan in a way which you
haven't taught me!" On that Allah's Apostle said, "Release him, (O
'Umar!) Recite, O Hisham!" Then he recited in the same way as I heard
him reciting. Then Allah's Apostle said, "It was revealed in this
way," and added, "Recite, O 'Umar!" I recited it as he had taught me.
Allah's Apostle then said, "It was revealed in this way. This Qur'an
has been revealed to be recited in seven different ways, so recite of
it whichever (way) is easier for you (or read as much of it as may be
easy for you)."

While I was with Aisha, the mother of the Believers, a person from
Iraq came and asked, "What type of shroud is the best?" 'Aisha said,
"May Allah be merciful to you! What does it matter?" He said, "O
mother of the Believers! Show me (the copy of) your Qur'an," She said,
"Why?" He said, "In order to compile and arrange the Qur'an according
to it, for people recite it with its Suras not in proper order."
'Aisha said, "What does it matter which part of it you read first? (Be
informed) that the first thing that was revealed thereof was a Sura
from Al-Mufassal, and in it was mentioned Paradise and the Fire. When
the people embraced Islam, the Verses regarding legal and illegal
things were revealed. If the first thing to be revealed was: 'Do not
drink alcoholic drinks.' people would have said, 'We will never leave
alcoholic drinks,' and if there had been revealed, 'Do not commit
illegal sexual intercourse, 'they would have said, 'We will never give
up illegal sexual intercourse.' While I was a young girl of playing
age, the following Verse was revealed in Mecca to Muhammad: 'Nay! But
the Hour is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the
Hour will be more grievous and more bitter.' (54.46) Sura Al-Baqara
(The Cow) and Surat An-Nisa (The Women) were revealed while I was with
him." Then 'Aisha took out the copy of the Qur'an for the man and
dictated to him the Verses of the Suras (in their proper order) .

Abdullah said, "I learnt An-Naza'ir which the Prophet used to recite
in pairs in each Rak'a." Then Abdullah got up and Alqama accompanied
him to his house, and when Alqama came out, we asked him (about those
Suras). He said, "They are twenty Suras that start from the beginning
of Al-Mufassal, according to the arrangement done be Ibn Mas'ud, and
end with the Suras starting with Ha Mim, e.g. Ha Mim (the Smoke). and
"About what they question one another?" (78.1)

The Prophet was the most generous person, and he used to become more
so (generous) particularly in the month of Ramadan because Gabriel
used to meet him every night of the month of Ramadan till it elapsed.
Allah's Apostle used to recite the Qur'an for him. When Gabriel met
him, he used to become more generous than the fast wind in doing
good.

Narrated Abu-Huraira: Gabriel used to repeat the recitation of the
Qur'an with the Prophet once a year, but he repeated it twice with him
in the year he died. The Prophet used to stay in I'tikaf for ten days
every year (in the month of Ramadan), but

Once 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud delivered a sermon before us and said, "By
Allah, I learnt over seventy Suras direct from Allah's Apostle . By
Allah, the companions of the Prophet came to know that I am one of
those who know Allah's Book best of all of them, yet I am not the best
of them." Shaqiq added: I sat in his religious gathering and I did not
hear anybody opposing him (in his speech).

While we were in the city of Hims (in Syria), Ibn Mas'ud recited Surat
Yusuf. A man said to him), "It was not revealed in this way." Then Ibn
Mas'ud said, "I recited it in this way before Allah's Apostle and he
confirmed my recitation by saying, 'Well done!' " Ibn Mas'ud detected
the smell of wine from the man's mouth, so he said to him, "Aren't you
ashamed of telling a lie about Allah's Book and (along with this) you
drink alcoholic liquors too?" Then he lashed him according to the
law.

Narrated 'Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) : By Allah other than Whom none has
the right to be worshipped! There is no Sura revealed in Allah's Book
but I know at what place it was revealed; and there is no Verse
revealed in Allah's Book but I know about whom

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: 'Umar said, Ubai was the best of us in the
recitation (of the Qur'an) yet we leave some of what he recites.' Ubai
says, 'PI have taken it from the mouth of Allah's Apostle and will not
leave for anything whatever." But Allah said

While I was praying, the Prophet called me but I did not respond to
his call. Later I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I was praying." He said,
"Didn't Allah say: 'O you who believe! Give your response to Allah (by
obeying Him) and to His Apostle when he calls you'?" (8.24)

He then said, "Shall I not teach you the most superior Surah in the
Qur'an?" He said, '(It is),

'Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. ' (i.e., Surat Al-Fatiha)
which consists of seven repeatedly recited Verses and the Magnificent
Qur'an which was given to me."

While we were on one of our journeys, we dismounted at a place where a
slave girl came and said, "The chief of this tribe has been stung by a
scorpion and our men are not present; is there anybody among you who
can treat him (by reciting something)?" Then one of our men went along
with her though we did not think that he knew any such treatment. But
he treated the chief by reciting something, and the sick man recovered
whereupon he gave him thirty sheep and gave us milk to drink (as a
reward). When he returned, we asked our friend, "Did you know how to
treat with the recitation of something?" He said, "No, but I treated
him only with the recitation of the Mother of the Book (i.e.,
Al-Fatiha)." We said, "Do not say anything (about it) till we reach
or ask the Prophet so when we reached Medina, we mentioned that to the
Prophet (in order to know whether the sheep which we had taken were
lawful to take or not). The Prophet said, "How did he come to know
that it (Al-Fatiha) could be used for treatment? Distribute your
reward and assign for me one share thereof as well."

The Prophet said, "If somebody recited the last two Verses of Surat
Al-Baqara at night, that will be sufficient for him."

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah 's Apostle ordered me to guard the Zakat
revenue of Ramadan. Then somebody came to me and started stealing of
the foodstuff. I caught him and said, "I will take you to Allah's
Apostle!" Then Abu Huraira described the whole narration and said:)
That person said (to me), "(Please don't take me to Allah's Apostle
and I will tell you a few words by which Allah will benefit you.) When
you go to your bed, recite Ayat-al-Kursi, (2.255) for then there will
be a guard from Allah who will protect you all night long, and Satan
will not be able to come near you till dawn." (When the Prophet heard
the story) he said (to me), "He (who came to you at night) told you
the truth although he is a liar; and it was Satan."

A man was reciting Surat Al-Kahf and his horse was tied with two ropes
beside him. A cloud came down and spread over that man, and it kept on
coming closer and closer to him till his horse started jumping (as if
afraid of something). When it was morning, the man came to the
Prophet, and told him of that experience. The Prophet said, "That was
As-Sakina (tranquility) which descended because of (the recitation of)
the Qur'an."

Allah's Apostle was traveling on one of his journeys, and 'Umar bin
Al-Khattab was traveling along with him at night. 'Umar asked him
about something, but Allah's Apostle I did not answer him. He asked
again, but he did not answer. He asked for the third time!, but he did
not answer. On that, 'Umar said to himself, "May your mother lose you!
You have asked Allah's Apostle three times, but he did not answer at
all!" Umar said, "So I made my camel go fast till I was ahead of the
people, and I was afraid that something might be! revealed about me.
After a little while I heard a call maker calling me, I said, 'I was
afraid that some Qur'anic Verse might be revealed about me.' So I went
to Allah's Apostle and greeted him. He said, 'Tonight there has been
revealed to me a Surah which is dearer to me than that on which the
sun shines (i.e. the world).' Then he recited: 'Verily! We have given
you (O Muhammad I, a manifest victory.' " (Surat al-Fath) No. (48.1).

A man heard another man reciting (Surat-Al-Ikhlas) 'Say He is Allah,
(the) One.' (112. 1) repeatedly. The next morning he came to Allah's
Apostle and informed him about it as if he thought that it was not
enough to recite. On that Allah's Apostle said, "By Him in Whose Hand
my life is, this Surah is equal to one-third of the Qur'an!"

Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: My brother, Qatada bin An-Nau'man said,
"A man performed the night prayer late at night in the lifetime of the
Prophet and he read: 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One,' (112.1) and read
nothing besides that. The next morning a man went to the Prophet ,~
and told him about that . (The Prophet replied the same as (in Hadith
532) above.)

The Prophet said to his companions, "Is it difficult for any of you to
recite one third of the Qur'an in one night?" This suggestion was
difficult for them so they said, "Who among us has the power to do so,
O Allah's Apostle?" Allah Apostle replied: " Allah (the) One, the
Self-Sufficient Master Whom all creatures need.' (Surat Al-Ikhlas
112.1--to the End) is equal to one third of the Qur'an."

Whenever Allah's Apostle became sick, he would recite Mu'awwidhat
(Surat Al-Falaq and Surat An-Nas) and then blow his breath over his
body. When he became seriously ill, I used to recite (these two Suras)
and rub his hands over his body hoping for its blessings.

Whenever thy Prophet go went to bed every night, he used to cup his
hands together and blow over it after reciting Surat Al-Ikhlas, Surat
Al-Falaq and Surat An-Nas, and then rub his hands over whatever parts
of his body he was able to rub, starting with his head, face and front
of his body. He used to do that three times.

That while he was reciting Surat Al-Baqara (The Cow) at night, and his
horse was tied beside him, the horse was suddenly startled and
troubled. When he stopped reciting, the horse became quiet, and when
he started again, the horse was startled again. Then he stopped
reciting and the horse became quiet too. He started reciting again and
the horse was startled and troubled once again. Then he stopped
reciting and his son, Yahya was beside the horse. He was afraid that
the horse might trample on him. When he took the boy away and looked
towards the sky, he could not see it. The next morning he informed the
Prophet who said, "Recite, O Ibn Hudair! Recite, O Ibn Hudair!" Ibn
Hudair replied, "O Allah's Apostle! My son, Yahya was near the horse
and I was afraid that it might trample on him, so I looked towards the
sky, and went to him. When I looked at the sky, I saw something like a
cloud containing what looked like lamps, so I went out in order not to
see it." The Prophet said, "Do you know what that was?" Ibn Hudair
replied, "No." The Prophet said, "Those were Angels who came near to
you for your voice and if you had kept on reciting till dawn, it would
have remained there till morning when people would have seen it as it
would not have disappear

Shaddad bin Ma'qil and I entered upon Ibn 'Abbas. Shaddad bin Ma'qil
asked him, "Did the Prophet leave anything (besides the Qur'an)?" He
replied. "He did not leave anything except what is Between the two
bindings (of the Qur'an)." Then we visited Muhammad bin Al-Hanafiyya
and asked him (the same question). He replied, "The Prophet did not
leave except what is between the bindings (of the Qur'an)."

The Prophet said, "The example of him (a believer) who recites the
Qur'an is like that of a citron which tastes good and smells good. And
he (a believer) who does not recite the Qur'an is like a date which is
good in taste but has no smell. And the example of a dissolute wicked
person who recites the Qur'an is like the Raihana (sweet basil) which
smells good but tastes bitter. And the example of a dissolute wicked
person who does not recite the Qur'an is like the colocynth which
tastes bitter and has no smell.

The Prophet said, "Your life in comparison to the lifetime of the past
nations is like the period between the time of 'Asr prayer and sunset.
Your example and the example of the Jews and Christians is that of
person who employed laborers and said to them, "Who will work for me
till the middle of the day for one Qirat (a special weight)?' The Jews
did. He then said, "Who will work for me from the middle of the day
till the 'Asr prayer for one Qirat each?" The Christians worked
accordingly. Then you (Muslims) are working from the bar prayer till
the Maghrib prayer for two Qirats each. They (the Jews and the
Christians) said, 'We did more labor but took less wages.' He (Allah)
said, 'Have I wronged you in your rights?' They replied, 'No.' Then He
said, 'This is My Blessing which I give to whom I wish."

I asked 'Abdullah bin Abi 'Aufa, "Did the Prophet make a will (to
appoint his successor or bequeath wealth)?" He replied, "No." I said,
"How is it prescribed then for the people to make wills, and they are
ordered to do so while the Prophet did not make any will?" He said,
"He made a will wherein he recommended Allah's Book."

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Allah does not listen to
a prophet as He listens to a prophet who recites the Qur'an in a
pleasant tone." The companion of the sub-narrator (Abu Salama) said,
"It means, reciting it aloud."

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet I said, "Allah does not listen to a
prophet as He listens to a prophet who recites the Qur'an in a loud
and pleasant tone." Sufyan said, "This saying means: a prophet who
regards the Qur'an as something that makes hi

Allah's Apostle said, "Not to wish to be the like except of two men. A
man whom Allah has given the knowledge of the Book and he recites it
during the hours of the night, and a man whom Allah has given wealth,
and he spends it in charity during the night and the hours of the
day."

Allah's Apostle I said, "Not to wish to be the like of except two men:
A man whom Allah has taught the Qur'an and he recites it during the
hours of the night and during the hours of the day, and his neighbor
listens to him and says, 'I wish I had been given what has been given
to so-and-so, so that I might do what he does; and a man whom Allah
has given wealth and he spends it on what is just and right, whereupon
an other man May say, 'I wish I had been given what so-and-so has been
given, for then I would do what he does."

A lady came to the Prophet and declared that she had decided to offer
herself to Allah and His Apostle. The Prophet said, "I am not in need
of women." A man said (to the Prophet) "Please marry her to me." The
Prophet said (to him), "Give her a garment." The man said, "I cannot
afford it." The Prophet said, "Give her anything, even if it were an
iron ring." The man apologized again. The Prophet then asked him,
"What do you know by heart of the Qur'an?" He replied, "I know
such-and-such portion of the Qur'an (by heart)." The Prophet said,
"Then I marry her to you for that much of the Qur'an which you know by
heart."

A lady came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have
come to you to offer myself to you." He raised his eyes and looked at
her and then lowered his head. When the lady saw that he did not make
any decision, she sat down. On that, a man from his companions got up
and said. "O Allah's Apostle! If you are not in need of this woman,
then marry her to me." Allah's Apostle said, "Do you have anything to
offer her?" He replied. "No, by Allah, O Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet
said to him, "Go to your family and see if you can find something.'
The man went and returned, saying, "No, by Allah, O Allah's Apostle! I
have not found anything." The Prophet said, "Try to find something,
even if it is an iron ring.'' He went again and returned, saying, "No,
by Allah, O Allah's Apostle, not even an iron ring, but I have this
waist sheet of mine." The man had no upper garment, so he intended to
give her, half his waist sheet. So Allah's Apostle said, ''What would
she do with your waist sheet? If you wear it, she will have nothing of
it over her body, and if she wears it, you will have nothing over your
body." So that man sat for a long period and then got up, and Allah's
Apostle saw him going away, so he ordered somebody to call him. When
he came, the Prophet asked him, " How much of the Qur'an do you know?"
He replied, "I know such Surat and such Surat and such Surat," and
went on counting it, The Prophet asked him, "Can you recite it by
heart?" he replied, "Yes." The Prophet said, "Go, I have married this
lady to you for the amount of the Qur'an you know by heart."

Allah's Apostle said, "The example of the person who knows the Qur'an
by heart is like the owner of tied camels. If he keeps them tied, he
will control them, but if he releases them, they will run away."

The Prophet said, "It is a bad thing that some of you say, 'I have
forgotten such-and-such verse of the Qur'an,' for indeed, he has been
caused (by Allah) to forget it. So you must keep on reciting the
Qur'an because it escapes from the hearts of men faster than camel
do."

Allah's Apostle heard a man reciting the Qur'an at night, and said,
"May Allah bestow His Mercy on him, as he has reminded me of
such-and-such Verses of such-and-such Suras, which I was caused to
forget."

I heard Hisham bin Hakim bin Hizam reciting Surat-al-Furqan during the
lifetime of Allah's Apostle, and I listened to his recitation and
noticed that he recited it in several ways which Allah's Apostle had
not taught me. So I was on the point of attacking him in the prayer,
but I waited till he finished his prayer, and then I seized him by the
collar and said, "Who taught you this Surah which I have heard you
reciting?" He replied, "Allah's Apostle taught it to me." I said, "You
are telling a lie; By Allah! Allah's Apostle taught me (in a different
way) this very Surah which I have heard you reciting." So I took him,
leading him to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I heard
this person reciting Surat-al-Furqan in a way that you did not teach
me, and you have taught me Surat-al-Furqan." The Prophet said, "O
Hisham, recite!" So he recited in the same way as I heard him recite
it before. On that Allah's Apostle said, "It was revealed to be
recited in this way." Then Allah's Apostle said, "Recite, O 'Umar!" So
I recited it as he had taught me. Allah's Apostle then said, "It was
revealed to be recited in this way." Allah" Apostle added, "The Quran
has been revealed to be recited in several different ways, so recite
of it that which is easier for you."

The Prophet heard a reciter reciting, the Qur'an in the mosque at
night. The Prophet said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on him, as he has
remind ed me of such-and-such Verses of such and-such Suras, which I
missed!"

We went to 'Abdullah in the morning and a man said, "Yesterday I
recited all the Mufassal Suras." On that 'Abdullah said, "That is very
quick, and we have the (Prophet's) recitation, and I remember very
well the recitation of those Suras which the Prophet used to recite,
and they were eighteen Suras from the Mufassal, and two Suras from the
Suras that start with Ha Mim.

Regarding His (Allah's) Statement:-- 'Move not your tongue concerning
(the Qur'an) to make haste therewith.' (75.16) And whenever Gabriel
descended to Allah's Apostle with the Divine Inspiration, Allah's
Apostle used to move his tongue and lips, and that used to be hard for
him, and one could easily recognize that he was being inspired
Divinely. So Allah revealed the Verse which occurs in the Surah
starting with "I do swear by the Day of Resurrection.' (75.1) i.e.
'Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an) to make haste then with.
It is for Us to collect it (in your mind) (O Muhammad) an give you the
ability to recite it 'by heart.' (75.16-17) which means: It is for
us to collect it (in your mind) and give you the ability to recite it
by heart. And when We have recited it to you (O Muhammad) through
Gabriel then follow you its recital. (75.18) means: 'When We reveal
it (the Qur'an) to you, Listen to it.' for then: It is for Us to
explain it and make it clear to you' (75.19) i.e. It is up to Us to
explain it through your tongue. So, when Gabriel came to him, Allah's
Apostle would listen to him attentively, and as soon as Gabriel left,
he would recite the Revelations, as Allah had promised him.

Anas was asked, "How was the recitation (of the Quran) of the
Prophet?' He replied, "It was characterized by the prolongation of
certain sounds." He then recited: In the Name of Allah, the Most
Beneficent, the Most Merciful prolonging the pronunciation of 'In the
Name of Allah, 'the most Beneficent,' and 'the Most Merciful.

I saw the Prophet reciting (Qur'an) while he was riding on his she
camel or camel which was moving, carrying him. He was reciting Surat
Fath or part of Surat Fath very softly and in an Attractive vibrating
tone.

The Prophet said to me, "Recite (the Quran) to me." I said, "O Allah's
Apostle Shall I recite (the Qur'an) to you while it has been revealed
to you?" He said, "Yes." So I recited Surat-An-Nisa' (The Women), but
when I recited the Verse:

'How (will it be) then when We bring from each nation a witness and We
bring you (O Muhammad) as a witness against these people.' (4.41) He
said, "Enough for the present," I looked at him and behold! His eyes
were overflowing with tears

Ibn Shubruma said, "I wanted to see how much of the Qur'an can be
enough (to recite in prayer) and I could not find a Surah containing
less than three Verses, therefore I said to myself), "One ought not to
recite less than three (Quranic) Verses (in prayer)."

Narrated Abu Mas'ud: The Prophet said, "If somebody recites the last
two Verses of Surat al-Baqara at night, it will be sufficient for
him.

My father got me married to a lady of a noble family, and often used
to ask my wife about me, and she used to reply, "What a wonderful man
he is! He never comes to my bed, nor has he approached me since he
married me." When this state continued for a long period, my father
told the story to the Prophet who said to my father, "Let me meet
him." Then I met him and he asked me, "How do you fast?" I replied, "I
fast daily," He asked, "How long does it take you to finish the
recitation of the whole Quran?" I replied, "I finish it every night."
On that he said, "Fast for three days every month and recite the
Qur'an (and finish it) in one month." I said, "But I have power to do
more than that." He said, "Then fast for three days per week." I said,
"i have the power to do more than that." He said, "Therefore, fast the
most superior type of fasting, (that is, the fasting of (prophet)
David who used to fast every alternate day; and finish the recitation
of the whole Qur'an In seven days." I wish I had accepted the
permission of Allah's Apostle as I have become a weak old man. It is
said that 'Abdullah used to recite one-seventh of the Qur'an during
the day-time to some of his family members, for he used to check his
memorization of what he would recite at night during the daytime so
that it would be easier for him to read at night. And whenever he
wanted to gain some strength, he used to give up fasting for some days
and count those days to fast for a similar period, for he disliked to
leave those things which he used to do during the lifetime of the
Prophet.

Allah's Apostle said to me, "Recite the whole Qur'an in one month's
time." I said, "But I have power (to do more than that)." Allah's
Apostle said, "Then finish the recitation of the Qur'an in seven days,
and do not finish it in less than this period."

Allah's Apostle said (to me), "Recite the Qur'an to me." I said,
"Shall I recite (it) to you while it has been revealed to you?" He
said, "I like to hear it from another person." So I recited Surat
An-Nisa (The Women) till I reached the Verse: 'How (will it be) then
when We bring from each nation a witness, and We bring you (O
Muhammad) as a witness against these people.' (4.41) Then he said to
me, "Stop!" Thereupon I saw his eyes overflowing with tears.

I heard the Prophet saying, "In the last days (of the world) there
will appear young people with foolish thoughts and ideas. They will
give good talks, but they will go out of Islam as an arrow goes out of
its game, their faith will not exceed their throats. So, wherever you
find them, kill them, for there will be a reward for their killers on
the Day of Resurrection."

I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "There will appear some people among
you whose prayer will make you look down upon yours, and whose fasting
will make you look down upon yours, but they will recite the Qur'an
which will not exceed their throats (they will not act on it) and they
will go out of Islam as an arrow goes out through the game whereupon
the archer would examine the arrowhead but see nothing, and look at
the unfeathered arrow but see nothing, and look at the arrow feathers
but see nothing, and finally he suspects to find something in the
lower part of the arrow."

The Prophet said, "The example of a believer who recites the Qur'an
and acts on it, like a citron which tastes nice and smells nice. And
the example of a believer who does not recite the Qur'an but acts on
it, is like a date which tastes good but has no smell. And the example
of a hypocrite who recites the Qur'an is like a Raihana (sweet basil)
which smells good but tastes bitter And the example of a hypocrite who
does not recite the Quran is like a colocynth which tastes bitter and
has a bad smell."

The Prophet said, "Recite (and study) the Qur'an as long as you agree
about its interpretation, but if you have any difference of opinion
(as regards to its interpretation and meaning) then you should stop
reciting it (for the time being)."

The Prophet said, "Recite (and study) the Quran as long as you agree
about its interpretation, but when you have any difference of opinion
(as regards its interpretation and meaning) then you should stop
reciting it (for the time being)'

That he heard a man reciting a Quranic Verse which he had heard the
Prophet reciting in a different way. So he took that man to the
Prophet (and told him the story). The Prophet said, "Both of you are
reciting in a correct way, so carry on reciting." The Prophet further
added, "The nations which were before you were destroyed (by Allah)
because they differed."